Originally Posted by
Tim Zowada
Your spine thickness should be set and finished before setting the bevel. Otherwise the bevel angle won't be the same on the finished razor.
I grind pretty thin before setting the bevel (0.0005" - 0.001"). But up to 0.005" would work. Then, like Bruno and Charlie said, you go back to the grinder and even things up.
The biggest help in doing the grinding, after setting the bevel, is to do it "wet". Run your grinder very slow and mist the belt with water. I add a couple drops of dish soap to the water.